Kerwin remains in hiding while his father turned himself in on Tuesday for fear of his life after President Rodrigo Duterte ordered policemen to shoot them if they resisted arrest or failed to surrender within 24 hours from Monday.

"We are denying. Never has Mayor Espinosa engaged himself in drugs. He's not a drug protector. He's not a drug lord or anything. There is no evidence whatsoever. There is no case whatsoever linking him to drugs. If indeed, nadamay lang siya sa mga nangyari, yung mga ginawa ng anak niya," said Espinosa's legal counsel Romeo Esmero in an interview.

Espinosa also did not condone his son's illegal business even if the mayor failed to lift a finger against it, according to Esmero.